New Jersey Democrats opposed President Bush’s proposal to the lift the ban on offshore drilling. Led by Bob Menendez, New Jersey Democrats pledged their fealty to environmentalists and other fringe left wing kooks who see any policy that involves “big” oil as a crime against humanity and its proponents as enemies of the state.

Menendez and his cronies worship at the altar of big government. They believe we can tax and regulate our way out of any problem. Trying to explain markets, supply, and demand to people like this is like trying to explain air to a fish. Where everyone else sees supply and demand factors driving up the price of oil, Democrats see plutocrats lighting cigars with 100 dollar bills in smokey backrooms conspiring to set the price oil at a price so they can make enough money to buy a tenth vacation home.

These Democrats are lost. A vote for the Democrats is a vote for $10 per gallon gasoline.